Fourth Grade

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First Garden

• Fourth Grade
• Hstone_at_gac.edu
• Hollie Stone

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What Can I Grow in a Garden?
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• Flowers
• Veggies
• Plants

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Tools

• Every garden needs tools to make the plants and
  flowers grow! Here are a list of tools that a
  garden will need

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Seeds

• Every seed is different. Everything you need to
  know to be successful is right there on the
  packet. All you need to do is read and follow
  the instructions. What do all these things mean
  and are they important? You bet! Let's take a
  look at what all this stuff means.

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Measuring Techniques
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• You dont always need a ruler or tape measurer to
  measure distances.
• Our hands and feet are useful for measuring in
  the garden.
• Because each of us are different, find out how
  your fingers and feet compare to numbers on a
  ruler!
• Click on the website below and find out your
  measurements with a partner.
• Record your information here RECORD
• http//www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/firstgarden/fundament
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Where Do I Plant?
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• Plants need sunshine to grow the best and to give
  you the best vegetables and flowers. This is why
  picking a nice, sunny garden spot is so
  important.
• What if your yard is really shady and has limited
  sun? Not to worry. There are plants you can grow
  that do well in the shade.
• Examples lettuce, Swiss chard, collards,
  spinach, mustard, impatiens, begonias, and
  coleus.

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Soil
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• Good soil is really important for growing a great
  garden
• Garden soil has some real important parts
• minerals
• organic matter (rotting plant and animal parts)
• air spaces
• Water
• If these things are not in the right balance you
  might have soil that is too clay, too sandy, too
  dry, too wet, or too hard.
• Worms are good for the soil!
• Click on the word WORMS to color
• the worm different colors!

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WORMS!
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• Plants need water to live and to grow
• It helps plants move nutrients through the stems
  and leaves and helps to keep the plant cool.
• Most gardens like to have about one inch of rain
  every week. Some weeks you may get a lot more
  than one inch and some weeks you get way less.
• For the weeks when it is dry,
• you will need to water your garden
• There are a number of things to use to
• water the garden. A hand sprinkler is good,
• but you need to stand by the garden for a
• while in order to do a good job. If you get
• bored or impatient you may not do a good
• job.
• Lawn sprinklers or soaker hoses are great,
• because they add water to the garden very
• slowly for a nice, deep soaking.

Watering
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Feeding

• Plants need a complete balanced mix of three main
  nutrients nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium.
  These are called Fertilizers.
• Nitrogen is used by plants for lots of leaf
  growth and good green color.
• Phosphorous is used by plants to help form new
  roots, make seeds, fruit and flowers. It's also
  used by plants to help fight disease.
• Potassium helps plants make strong stems and keep
  growing fast. It's also used to help fight
  disease.

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Watch Them Grow
After everything is planted, watered, and feed,
you can watch the flowers, plants, or veggies
grow! Make sure to continue to water and feed
the garden to keep the garden healthy! Great
Job learning about making a garden!
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Information

• http//www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/firstgarden/index.htm
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